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Viasat (United States)

In research, Viasat (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,554 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,689 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,453
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,085
of 7,310
Research works
280
▲ 94% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Viasat (United States)

What is Viasat (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #7,554 of 17,446 9.7%257
EngineeringField #5,689 of 9,532 11.1%166

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Viasat (United States) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Viasat (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Viasat (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (42%), Computer Science (30%), Physics and Astronomy (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 86.9% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 42.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 15.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 13.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 30.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 14.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKViasat (UnitedStates)34fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1442.1%
    2. Computer Science1030.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy25.7%
    4. Mathematics13.8%
    5. Environmental Science13.2%
    6. Materials Science01.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Social Sciences12.8%
    2. Decision Sciences12.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    6. Psychology00.5%
    1. Health Professions01.5%
    2. Medicine01.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.0%
    2. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 3.86× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.81× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.57× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.86×10 works
  2. Mathematics3.23×1 works
  3. Engineering2.81×14 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.57×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.05×1 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.18×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.65×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.56×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.43×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.31×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.22×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.21×0 works
  15. Psychology0.16×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  18. Medicine0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Viasat (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, A.E. Williams, Mark A. Sturza and Robert M. Sorbello lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Viasat (United States).

  1. 1 A.E. Williams United States · #1,712,421 worldwide 2.1k citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Mark A. Sturza United States · #1,878,846 worldwide 597 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Robert M. Sorbello United States · #3,382,802 worldwide 262 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 D.K. McCarthy United States · #3,491,658 worldwide 787 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Daniel DiFonzo United States · #4,092,972 worldwide 223 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Rakesh Kumar Gupta United States · #4,261,751 worldwide 130 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 C. J. Wolejsza United States · #4,580,937 worldwide 79 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 A. Dissanayake United States · #5,089,343 worldwide 741 citations · 59 works
  9. 9 FRANCOIS ASSAL United States · #5,293,911 worldwide 310 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Viasat (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Viasat (United States)?

The most cited paper from Viasat (United States) is "Narrow-Bandpass Waveguide Filters" (Ali E. Atia, A.E. Williams, 1972), with 589 citations. Next come "Narrow-band multiple-coupled cavity synthesis" (330) and "Digital Amplitude-Phase Keying with M-Ary Alphabets" (221).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Narrow-Bandpass Waveguide Filters Ali E. Atia, A.E. Williams · IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques Apr 1972 589
2 Narrow-band multiple-coupled cavity synthesis Ali E. Atia, A.E. Williams, R.W. Newcomb · IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Sep 1974 330
3 Digital Amplitude-Phase Keying with M-Ary Alphabets Christo Kurisummoottil Thomas, Michael Weidner, Sajjad H. Durrani · IRE Transactions on Communications Systems Feb 1974 221
4 A small unmanned aerial system for estimating abundance and size of Antarctic predators Michael E. Goebel, Wayne L. Perryman, Jefferson T. Hinke et al. · Polar Biology Open access 7 Feb 2015 198
5 A Class of Optimum Block Codes in Signal Space Soheil I. Sayegh · IEEE Transactions on Communications 1986 177
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Which keywords describe research at Viasat (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Wireless Networks, LEO Satellite Constellation, Satellite Communications, Resource Allocation, Security and Cybersecurity.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 20 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning4▲ 3.6×12 topics
  2. Machine Learning4▲ 3.3×7 topics
  3. Wireless Networks2▲ 46×4 topics
  4. LEO Satellite Constellation2▲ 222×1 topic
  5. Satellite Communications2▲ 222×1 topic
  6. Resource Allocation2▲ 34×5 topics
  7. Security2▲ 8.4×5 topics
  8. Cybersecurity2▲ 20×3 topics
  9. Congestion Control1▲ 447×1 topic
  10. TCP1▲ 447×1 topic
  11. Energy Efficiency1▲ 4.1×4 topics
  12. Fault Diagnosis1▲ 26×2 topics
  13. Channel Assignment1▲ 105×2 topics
  14. Healthcare1▲ 3.0×2 topics
  15. Neural Networks1▲ 2.3×4 topics
  16. Wireless Sensor Networks1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  17. Cloud Computing1▲ 10×2 topics
  18. Expert Systems1▲ 27×1 topic
  19. Power Control1▲ 90×2 topics
  20. Wavelet Analysis1▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Viasat (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Satellite Communication Systems, Network Traffic and Congestion Control, Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications and Network Security and Intrusion Detection.

Satellite Communication …2Satellite Communication Systems: 2 fractional worksNetwork Traffic and Congestion Control: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Computational Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 1 fractional worksInternet of Things and AI: 1 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 1 fractional worksSpace exploration and re…1Space exploration and regulation: 1 fractional worksWireless Networks and Pr…1Wireless Networks and Protocols: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Met…1Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Data Compressio…1Advanced Data Compression Techniques: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsArtificial IntelligenceInformation Systems2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Satellite Communication Systems Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Network Traffic and Congestion Control Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  5. 5 Internet of Things and AI Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  7. 7 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  8. 8 Wireless Networks and Protocols Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Data Compression Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available9.5%not open90.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Viasat (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 94% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Viasat (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Viasat (United States)0.00020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Viasat (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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